Happenstance Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 I remember hearing good things about it, might have to give it a try.
Deathjam Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 I'd highly recommend Secrets of Grindea to everyone. Its currently on Steam and is early access, but its a wonderul singleplayer or up to 4 person co-op. Details here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/269770/ My partner and I have been playing through, its short at the moment, but more is being added, its quite stable too. Was eyeing this up. There is also a demo you can try too.
Nicktendo Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 Lovers of the Harvest Moon series, I urge you to pick up Stardew Valley now! Absolutely charming game and unbelievably faithful to the early games in the series. I've been playing it on Steam all day, and will probably continue to do so all night
dan-likes-trees Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Lovers of the Harvest Moon series, I urge you to pick up Stardew Valley now! Absolutely charming game and unbelievably faithful to the early games in the series. I've been playing it on Steam all day, and will probably continue to do so all night I actually came on here to see if anyone had picked this up - looks fab. I'll have to wait for a mac version whenever the chap gets round to it. How does it differ from Harvest Moon? Or is it a full on tribute?
Happenstance Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 How does it differ from Harvest Moon? Or is it a full on tribute? Its very similar, just wish more too it I think. Well worth a purchase though.
Nicktendo Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 How does it differ from Harvest Moon? Or is it a full on tribute? It's essentially Harvest Moon 2.0. Everything that was great about the 8 / 16-bit era games returns, only much, much more fleshed out. There is level progression for each of the skills (farming, mining, fishing etc) which really adds to the sense of progression. Minecraft style crafting of materials is also a great way to expand the tools at your disposal. The best part is though, you are completely free to do what you want, without heavy financial penalty, so if you want to fish all day and neglect the farm, you can do it. You can explore the caves, expand your farm, improve the town, find artefacts for the museum or work on relationships with the inhabitants for rewards, you can focus on one or more of these aspects and still find a deep and interesting game.
Sméagol Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Square Enix Easter surprise box: Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy XIII-2 Sleeping Dogs - Definitive edition Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's cut Quantum Conundrum All I can say is "Nice". Totally made up for the previous Christmas surprise box.. And only one repeat game I already have (but a good one) I'll be giving away. Edit: I also have 2 discount codes.. One of which I definitely won't be using (may use the other one, not sure yet). I don't know if that's a good deal or not.. You have to use it in the Square Enix online store. Just Cause 3 20% off: 7LMEB09S Edited March 21, 2016 by Sméagol
Nolan Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 Unnnnfff It's 1080p but 200fps on an api that isn't DirectX or OpenGL is pretty damn sweet.
Jonnas Posted June 18, 2016 Posted June 18, 2016 So, I got a free Spelunky on GOG.com, except I already own the game. I can send it as a gift, is anybody interested?
Happenstance Posted June 20, 2016 Posted June 20, 2016 Steam Summer Sale should be starting this Thursday.
dan-likes-trees Posted August 1, 2016 Posted August 1, 2016 It's essentially Harvest Moon 2.0. Everything that was great about the 8 / 16-bit era games returns, only much, much more fleshed out. There is level progression for each of the skills (farming, mining, fishing etc) which really adds to the sense of progression. Minecraft style crafting of materials is also a great way to expand the tools at your disposal. The best part is though, you are completely free to do what you want, without heavy financial penalty, so if you want to fish all day and neglect the farm, you can do it. You can explore the caves, expand your farm, improve the town, find artefacts for the museum or work on relationships with the inhabitants for rewards, you can focus on one or more of these aspects and still find a deep and interesting game. This is out on Mac now for anyone interested I've put in a couple hours - on the one hand I'm loving it - on the other hand, it is such a complete rip off of harvest moon it's pretty scandalous! Particularly friends of mineral town. Really doesn't seem to put that much of a new spin on anything aside from the levelling. I agree with what you say about it being the best of all the old games thoughh. Also I'm finding I want to focus on all areas of the game - going to be a major time sink!
Nicktendo Posted August 1, 2016 Posted August 1, 2016 This is out on Mac now for anyone interested I've put in a couple hours - on the one hand I'm loving it - on the other hand, it is such a complete rip off of harvest moon it's pretty scandalous! Particularly friends of mineral town. Really doesn't seem to put that much of a new spin on anything aside from the levelling. I agree with what you say about it being the best of all the old games thoughh. Also I'm finding I want to focus on all areas of the game - going to be a major time sink! I've put around 30 hours into it so far and I'm only at the start of year 2. I've also completely ignored the relationship aspects... Definitely a time sink, but tremendous fun.
Jonnas Posted August 6, 2016 Posted August 6, 2016 So, I found out Little King's Story was released on GOG. Some excellent news, it's good to know that my favourite Wii game isn't going to be forgotten.
Sméagol Posted August 6, 2016 Posted August 6, 2016 So, I found out Little King's Story was released on GOG. Some excellent news, it's good to know that my favourite Wii game isn't going to be forgotten. Yeah, I saw it too, but on Steam. Comments indicate a bad port though.. Good thing I already have it on Wii.
Nolan Posted August 7, 2016 Posted August 7, 2016 More...nah also importantly. Muthafuckin Disney 16bit games are on GoG. Back when they were the shit. Aladdin, Lion King the others I can recall. Now if only I had the energy to boot up my PC.
Happenstance Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 Did anyone here ever play Civilization Beyond Earth? I know it isn't the most popular in the series but I'm in the mood to play some more Civ while I'm waiting for VI to come out.
Happenstance Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Kind of tempted to get myself a 21:9 monitor. Anyone got one?
Nolan Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Did anyone here ever play Civilization Beyond Earth? I know it isn't the most popular in the series but I'm in the mood to play some more Civ while I'm waiting for VI to come out. I actually loved the bit of BE I played. It felt fresh but familiar. Kind of tempted to get myself a 21:9 monitor. Anyone got one? I don't, I've been tempted before, but decided I prefer the Korean cheap 2560x1440 27". That was before the panels came down in price for real brands though. The Korean ones were just Samsung panels that didn't fully pass QA. Further thinking on it I'm not sure I'd get much use from an ultra wide monitor anyways.
Happenstance Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Further thinking on it I'm not sure I'd get much use from an ultra wide monitor anyways. *Fighting the urge to make a DPI joke* :p
Nolan Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Exactly! That extra width would just ruin it. I'd have too much space inbetween my pixels and then my eyes would bleed. Or I'd just scoot the chair back a bit. Either way unacceptable.
Happenstance Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Has anyone played Battlefleet Gothic: Armada? I really like the look of it but I've heard its actually really hard.
Nolan Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 I have not. I didn't even know it was being made into a PC game.
Happenstance Posted December 4, 2016 Posted December 4, 2016 I see Mechwarrior 5 has been announced for PC. Been years since we last saw a proper one of those!
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